Posted on 03/19/2015 10:53:15 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
"It's also interesting because I'm actually black, but you assumed otherwise," Jay Smooth told Nancy Giles.
Starbucks' campaign to get people talking about race has already birthed a very public, very cringeworthy conversation about race. Jay Smooth, a radio DJ and video blogger, was on MSNBC's All In With Chris Hayes Tuesday night, discussing the coffee company's "Race Together" campaign with fellow guest Nancy Giles, a contributor to CBS Sunday Morning.
As they discussed the efficacy of a campaign like Race Together — with Giles defending it and Smooth pushing back — Hayes played one of Smooth's most popular videos, "How To Tell Someone They Sound Racist."
"It's another interesting, funny thing about race," Giles said, after the clip ran. "There would be some people that feel that you co-opted something like that, and other people might feel like that's his background and that's really cool, too."
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Giles playfully needled Smooth for being a white guy imitating a black guy.
Except.
"It's also interesting because I'm actually black, but you assumed otherwise. And this is the sort of awkwardness that we can look forward to at Starbucks across America," Smooth said, dropping the mic. (Metaphorically, of course, since they were all wearing lavaliers.)
All right, folks. We've asked you in the past about your Starbucks names. But what was the most memorable experience you've had where someone has mistaken you for a different race or ethnicity, or you've mistaken someone for being something he is not? Holler at us in the comments.
As MrB said, they can scold somebody else. I’m not interested, not in the least.
Down South, coffee without cream or sugar is “black and barefoot”. Wonder how that’d go over?
Or maybe baristas are trained to push customers to order coffee with more ingredients since plain black coffee has the lowest profit margin.
Never been to Starbucks since I drink black coffee at home, & this latest PC drill further insures that I never will.
I will never visit a Starbucks but if someone asked me about race I would ask them “ Why does over 90% of blacks vote for Obama? Isn’t that racist?”
"My apologies. I like it straight, please."
(Seriously, what word are you supposed to use to describe the colour of a substance that absorbs nearly all visible light?)
Unadulterated?
Pure?
It’s already awkward enough being served coffee from someone with a nail driven through their nasal septum and rocking holes in the ear-lobes the size of nickels. Now, I have to discuss how I’m somehow to blame for the 77% out-of-wedlock birthrates in the black community?
Negro por favor?
“That’s homophobic!!!”
;^)
Tell them you like it black and strong, just like your women.
My kids are deglo white.
One was offered a $100 tanning card because the person couldn’t stand their color. Kid said I’m not damaging my skin for you.
Been asked often, Do you take arsenic? Are you sick?
Told, Don’t wear a white t shirt to gym. It hurts our eyes.
Called vampire, transparent, etc.
Had to get over 4.0 to get an iPad. Friend got one due to having melanin.
They actually have to work because they are the wrong color.
This may be an urban legend because the baristas do not add cream or milk to any coffee. The customer does that him/herself at the condiments station.
I quit buying Taco Bells because they always want a dollar donation to “Help the chilllllldren”. Just the food please!!!
I worked for a guy who would get all kinds of state and VC funding, grants, etc because he applied as a minority (African American) business owner. Whiter than white Jewish fellow, born and raised in South Africa.
Well...the expression usually goes, “I like my coffee black & sweet, just like my women!”
I believe however that the most volcanic barista reaction will come when a customer orders “coffee, straight, please”.
There are going to be lots of disgruntled Starbucks customers heading for Dunkin’ Donuts where there are no confrontational baristas ready to lecture & scold.
Al Sharpton should start a fishing show about race. He could call it Race Baiting.
According to Nancy Giles, she is not considered 'black' by dark skinned, racist, illiterate thugs because she's not a dark skinned, racist, illiterate thug.
So, in the final analysis it has nothing to do with skin color. It is a cultural thing. So y'alls bettuh start t' talkin' ghetto. Or day gonna whip yo azz.
Can we complain that there are so many black criminals?
“Some do have a chip on their shoulder.”
Some?
LMAO
Tell the barista to make it a Grande glass for herself.
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